Joint Sunset Review Committee.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific information on the implementation and enforcement of the committee's recommendations, nor does it detail consequences for agencies failing to submit reports.

Joint Sunset Review Committee

The bill requires government agencies scheduled for review by the Joint Sunset Review Committee to submit comprehensive reports by December 1, 2026, and mandates the committee to analyze these reports and publish recommendations online.

What This Bill Does

• Requires eligible government agencies set for review to give a comprehensive report by December 1, 2026.
• Mandates the Joint Sunset Review Committee to conduct a thorough analysis of each eligible agency's report.
• Directs the committee to publish their findings and recommendations online.

Who It Names or Affects

• Government agencies scheduled for review by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.
• The Joint Sunset Review Committee members who will analyze reports and make recommendations.

Terms To Know

Joint Sunset Review Committee

A legislative committee that reviews government agencies to see if they are still needed and cost-effective.

Eligible agency

A government agency set for review by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if an eligible agency fails to submit a report.
• There are no details on how the committee's recommendations will be implemented or enforced.

Official Summary Text

SB 460, as amended, Ochoa Bogh.
Administrative regulations.
Joint Sunset Review Committee.
Existing law establishes the Joint Sunset Review Committee (committee), a legislative committee comprised of 10 Members of the Legislature, to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies and to conduct a comprehensive analysis of an eligible agency, as defined, for which a date for repeal has been established, to determine if the agency is still necessary and cost effective. Existing law requires each eligible agency scheduled for repeal to submit to the committee, on or before December 1 before the year it is set to be repealed, a complete agency report covering the entire period since last reviewed, as described.
This bill would additionally require each eligible agency scheduled for repeal to submit to the committee, on or before December 1, 2026, a comprehensive report covering the entire period since last reviewed, as specified. The bill would require the committee to conduct a comprehensive analysis of each eligible agency to determine if the eligible agency is still necessary and cost-effective, as prescribed. The bill would require the committee to publish a report on its internet website with recommendations determining, among other things, whether an eligible agency should be continued with its current structure and responsibilities.
Existing law, for the purposes of reducing and improving administrative regulations, establishes an Office of Administrative Law to review adopted regulations. Existing law states findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to administrative regulations, noting,
among other things, that the language of many regulations is frequently unclear and unnecessarily complex.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these findings and declarations.

Current Bill Text

Download Bill PDF